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Nora Madeline “Nanny” <I>Kirby</I> King

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Nora Madeline “Nanny” Kirby King

Birth
Gainesboro, Jackson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
26 Aug 2021 (aged 93)
Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1566861, Longitude: -85.5254222
Memorial ID
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Nora Madeline King, 93 of Cookeville passed from this life Thursday, August 26, 2021 at her residence. Nanny King was born Wednesday, January 18, 1928 in Gainesboro to the late John Kirby and the late Dora (Burgess) Kirby.

Nanny King was a good Christian woman, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. To know Nanny King was to love her. She had the biggest heart, had a great sense of humor, and was a great cook. Nanny never met a stranger and loved everyone she met.

Survivors include daughters: Diane (Gary) Daniels and Debbie (Larry) Farley; son: Gary (Marcia) King; 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters: Joann Hunter and Jean Robinson. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and special sister-in-law: Jean King.

In addition to her parents, Nanny was preceded in death by husband: Nelson King; sister: Dorcas Anderson; brother: Odell Kirby; granddaughter-in law; Jill Farley; niece: Teresa England.

Funeral services were held Monday, August 30, 2021 from the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home with Bro. David Flatt officiating. Interment followed in the Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery - Mausoleums.
Nora Madeline King, 93 of Cookeville passed from this life Thursday, August 26, 2021 at her residence. Nanny King was born Wednesday, January 18, 1928 in Gainesboro to the late John Kirby and the late Dora (Burgess) Kirby.

Nanny King was a good Christian woman, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. To know Nanny King was to love her. She had the biggest heart, had a great sense of humor, and was a great cook. Nanny never met a stranger and loved everyone she met.

Survivors include daughters: Diane (Gary) Daniels and Debbie (Larry) Farley; son: Gary (Marcia) King; 8 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters: Joann Hunter and Jean Robinson. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews, and special sister-in-law: Jean King.

In addition to her parents, Nanny was preceded in death by husband: Nelson King; sister: Dorcas Anderson; brother: Odell Kirby; granddaughter-in law; Jill Farley; niece: Teresa England.

Funeral services were held Monday, August 30, 2021 from the chapel of Crest Lawn Funeral Home with Bro. David Flatt officiating. Interment followed in the Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery - Mausoleums.


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  • Maintained by: Boomer1961
  • Originally Created by: ~B~
  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/231271720/nora_madeline-king: accessed ), memorial page for Nora Madeline “Nanny” Kirby King (18 Jan 1928–26 Aug 2021), Find a Grave Memorial ID 231271720, citing Crest Lawn Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Boomer1961 (contributor 48976441).